Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Overview of Private Equity -- Introduction -- Definitions of Private Equity -- Private Equity Activities -- Major Types of Private Equity -- Private Equity Business Model -- Characteristics of a HPC -- Private Equity Controversy -- Brief History of the Development of the Industry -- Rationale for Investing in Private Equity -- What Attracts Private Equity Firms to Commit to Investments? -- Classes of Capital Used by Private Equity Firms -- Some Facts about Private Equity -- Fee Structure -- Some Other Benefits of Private Equity -- Disadvantages of Private Equity -- Private Equity as an Alternative Investment -- The Advantages of Private Equity over Senior Debt -- Private Equity versus Alternative Forms of Financing -- Comparison of Private Equity to Hedge Funds -- Largest Private Equity Firms -- Other Notable Private Equity Firms -- Types of Private Equity Investment Funds -- Introduction -- Primary Means of Private Equity Investment -- Different Types of Private Equity Investment Funds -- Risk Levels of Private Equity Investments -- Overview of How Private Equity Investments Work -- Phases of a Company's Development -- The Investment Size Debate -- Size of the Investee Company -- Sector Specialisation -- Approach to Portfolio Construction -- Liquidity through a Secondary Market -- Structure and Global Market Size -- Introduction -- Structure of the Private Equity Market -- Financing Stage and Industry Breakdown -- Size of the Global Private Equity Market -- The Business Environment -- Introduction -- Environmental Factors Affecting the Private Equity Industry -- Profiles of some Major Players -- Data Providers -- Indices -- Overview of Buyout -- Introduction -- Different Types of Buyout Transaction -- Roll-up -- Leveraged Buyout (LBO) -- A Look behind Two Large Buyout Deals.

Brief Explanation of a Dividend Recapitalisation and its Risks -- Venture Capital -- Introduction -- Definitions of Venture Capital -- Venture Capital Investing -- What is a Venture Capitalist? -- History of Venture Capital -- Venture Capital Firms and Funds -- Investment Focus -- Differences between VCs and Banks -- Venture Capital Funding -- Sectors within which Venture Operates -- List of Notable Firms91 -- Trends -- Introduction -- Rise of New Industry Players -- Popularity of Funds of Funds -- Introduction of Private Equity ETFs -- Popularity of Islamic Private Equity -- Fundamentals of Private Equity in the MENA Region -- Sovereign Wealth Funds and Private Equity -- Increasing Popularity of Private Equity Real- estate Funds -- Private Equity Investing in Emerging Markets -- Private Equity Investment in Clean Energy -- The Investment Process -- Introduction -- Investment Process - Target Company's Perspective -- Investment Process - Investor in Private Equity Firm's Perspective -- Due Diligence -- Monitoring -- A Viewpoint on the Importance of Due Diligence -- Common Systems Used in Private Equity -- Introduction -- IT Requirements of Private Equity Funds121 -- Profile of a System -- Software as a Service Used for Portfolio Management Improvement -- List of Systems -- IT Projects -- Introduction -- Implementation of Data Warehouse Appliances -- The Advent of the Data Warehouse Appliance -- The Business is the Driver for Adoption -- Steps Involved in the Implementation -- Service-Oriented Architecture -- Adoption of Hardware-based Remote Management -- Commonly Used Terminology -- Introduction -- List of Terminology -- The Future -- The Future: What does it hold for the Private Equity Industry in Business and IT? -- Effects of the Credit Crunch on the Private Equity Industry -- The Growth of Private Equity in Africa.

Convergence of Private Equity and Hedge Funds -- Increased Investment in Clean Technology -- Increasing Role of Technology -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Bizle Brand -- Useful Websites -- Other Titles in the Bizle Professional Series.